Telegram-herald., 1887-09-14

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4 tnesry Nii oensGt t1e ps-m.1rui interests eI
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| iiaatstt cen petition. uuiiEiief consumption bni
| UaAt b tae interest," 81 he eo1snmer The G. ,
| sunser VANS tss supply lsrse the demand sfna.-
| suppose 4ms al has rol lng mill 10 flttsodfg hs
Is anxlols that 4ls eoa Det.tan should Dc linked
| Ia order th1. Re may get hieaer prices iof Ms
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| so-egn iron % a. 10 lessen his composition and
| produce a sea reify o, iron waieh allows HIN ID
<et a better re. HIS Interest - not Ia harmony
| aith Tie general welfare Of the , pople. We are
| a. sslbsh. 70 r but natural. Oar secret cesir@
ass against the genera welfare 90 not nlfaa
| that any ol Us would ike % see want and misery
| cone over the land nothing Of the sort, but our
| secres des.Ief make us want our particular ousi-
ne-s or svocaulnlo - essfal; a. producers We
| fsv0r ths scarcity theory. but Il that view were
| carried 20 AZ extreme slOuid so back % bar
5ari,n. But s<ke he interest OF the consumer.
his t1eories are al N eonson lnce with the Weil
| beng OF mankind. When the huysr goes u mar
| ket be desires q fee All abundance OF everything
| he views With e.easIne large baryests and I'M
| mense crops. Carried 10 an extreme view bis
| hopes could not have any effect EXCEPT for the
| good OF pst rity. IL might te said thai II the
| buyers oes4res we're granted. the producer would
| be ruined. But no. Because II everything that
| the cfasu u iner desired was In abundance there
| would b. 40 need Of any produces- suppose
| each ueiuber OF Congress was pfoiucer and
| esch q lsei - DC passed into q law. some act
| which would beneds his particular Interest. his
| seeret desire. wnst would the result beg Why,
| the law sfhat would efnanate from such body as
| that would be 80 progressive that We o ID have
| a revolutiea "a Ia tHls country IL short time.
But that Is Just what they have partially done.
Our tariff avs consider the interest OF a lew pro-
ducers not all say n We consult the interest
| OF the producer Alone, We consult al Interest
| which Il opposed 10 the welfsre OF the general
rs ass Of the people. Our AVS should LOT taAe
\ ths part OF either buyer or seller, our CougreSs
has no night to take the part OF few manutsc-
turers in The East against the greaf consumers OF
| the West But that is iust what they have done.
| Cur z n tariff declares for nigh psices for the
| produsers OF Ptnnsylvanta. low prices Tor the
prJducers OF Michigan. They have declared for
| scarcity Tor the producers Of tie East, and
abundance for producers of the West. Our tariff
| Ia O. have said. I'VE must secure to the nanufac-
tnrcr Of the East a free trade disposal OF his
| goods. To do that bis prices must be raised. To
raise his prices the supply OF his foreign compei
tors must DO diraiE Eished" !" and 70 distribute the
| supply Is % create scarcity.
| Are the farmers OF Michigan more yScsperous
because there are fewer ciothieG Arc tey bet
Ter OF besanss theT must pay an enhanced rrce
for the necessities OF life. because the products OF
iron, copper and machinery are scaIce and
| hish, cont believe II. think every honest
In this country Is perfectly wiling IN pay q Is
share towards detraying nis part OF the expenses
. Of the Government, but deny the ri ght Of any
lawns King power 10 put It's hand into my pocket
aud tas e ous my wages and give them to some
|, one else
Protection Does Not Cheaper Prices.
Now let Us consider for moment the claimed
reasons for the con inrance Of the present tari.
In me hrst place saey ASK for tara because they
want 70 artincally increase the Price OF Toreign
. cummoditiss- What fort Why, Of course 80 that
manufacturers ca get greater prices for their
commodities For, IL our tariff does ,. allow
our manufacturers 10 OBTAIN an increased price
: for their wares, 10 false of & purpose. But the
moment you speak about that 20 4 protectionist
be viii say "why; the tariff cneapens prices"
Prof sumner nlustr ates the inconsistency Ofthat
> clslm a. follows: The labofing maGs interest
and the employers interest are IA certain sense
sntsgonistie- The laboFer is desirors OF getting
I ~ aF4A Ha
desirous OF having wages a. low as possible and
the the consumer IA desirous OF getting the pro-
4 duct as cheap a. possible. Here we have this
D state OF tbinls when along comes the pi lection
A ist legislator. and ne comes Ia and Proposed 20
| ! make everything lovely, To the laDcring man
: he says. "l VIII make your wsge 5 high. "Whsl
> | ar- you going to d. with me says the eluf4c
| tuTer.f on. says he, Il viii make wages low
for you' "whsi," says the lsboref, make
w.ss sv way ySg pss sad ,S you would IN max;
4 ! xil not make wages low for the manufacturer
= / but viii make the price his produce high and
4 that will have the same effect. "Hold on say.
; the cors1mer. -whsf ia thai Ma. price.
; high by lswg' "Oh. no" replied the protection
. Isl. 4 didnt really mean to MAKE TTcss high, il
: Prices Have Declined EYerywhere
. tariff for pro.ecion aims to exclude foreign
; / commodities. Why So that our manufacture r.
2 may have exclusive control Of our markets anc
y / put up the price. II the tariff viii not slow
Z our manufacturers % obtain better prices why q,
they ak for t, protective tariff u nOs imposed
Q in order that Government may raise revenae
< that IL not its purpose al al II the Government
does collect revenue By IL Il "a incidentally sc-
Z ! c0mpiished. Protection Is the object, revenue
. the incident Tie Government says, we don
+ want this tar. We have got AL the revenue w
J, want nut viii let the fsyortte man tax ths
= consumer. We don want 20 tax the consumed
: ourselves but ne vii hold him While you tai
Y Inn sm aware that the prices OF many com.
y m0ditieS have declined during the past twenty
Y years. bet this 4 not the only country whsr'
= prcss have declined. They nave declined a.
p over the world. Tney have dec med In Ezyp
= ilst a. vel as in the United SfafeS They nav,
y declined in free trade England well ~ n pro
p tecied Ansrica. II y0u sag that protection hsl
p cheapened prices in America. then free trade II
n England ought % raise prices. Bat slch Is no
n the fact. Prices have declined the world over
= and it i manly due 81 the great improvement II
: AMI the many discoveries ard i1venfio1sof laosr
:, 2 saving machines Certainty. Il The tariff chesp
II ems s0ods way did Congress N ls1t psss an &C
= admitting al huii.iiug msteriai free far yea
" 90 the p-opie of Cnicsgo. excepting lumber
p the tariff rs the effect Of chs fpeniug Price
= that a. must have beea very stgpid 6iundsi
- 1hers doubt hus what our tsrid las resalIs
:. IN cheapeniax tss prices OF certain goods. bu
: how hss it done it, b. iuf1eiag rosn 70 leave
~ proftstis business sud % irt5 tha protected IN
Y anssries because 81 she lsrge Proat % he msds
y % over crowded t1st there = lsrge over prn
dlCtion. Thea cones fierce devastating con
q petition and goods are thro~n upoa the marks
{. - be sold AZ any price. then foiioes
u Fsntrap.ey sss Ruin
b F,r thousands of msnnfsrf1rers Z that a law
:. ril AMI legitimate thing aor this Goverrueof
ie do IS if sood POLICY Aor a. % encourage 1are
- numbers of eur ciri7ens - 90 into partienIa
n business 81 oiierlas tSen ialmsnse profits. 81
~ then whe1 they are bank-uol 90 ssT - tie Ame
- lean pecpie. There We Told ycn -. frlreegio
80 uaks xs,osss cheap isaur prcspertT 10 BE- hllI
~ u,rn ~. fouodation Of rrin ard sssfer - ~
a fellow men n 3 it 20 ~ esfahi shed on ~ "
"a knosv1 ui sxnit13e ~ our natural resources a.
= smsn ssys - has g1s scheme whereby &c